Vicissitudes of life
December 2022 -- Life was as joyous and peaceful as it could be. Work was going well. I had just clocked my personal best for a Half Marathon. If one had peeked through my window, it would not have been out of place to see me humming the merriest of tunes. But then, the dark storm clouds were just around the corner. As PG Wodehouse puts it eloquently, "it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping" "it has been well said that it is precisely these moments when we are feeling that ours is the world and everything that's in it that Fate selects for sneaking up on us with the rock in the stocking" First, I got injured while running. My left knee just gave up, putting a full stop to all running. I missed Mumbai Marathon for the first time in 12 years (discounting the Covid years). All the preparation towards getting to a sub 3:30 marathon just vanished in no time. ...